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Posted by Dain, Tuesday, April 15, 2008 1:36 PM (Eastern)
Call it an absurd conceit, but if Grace Kelly is just the
woman for rose, jasmine seems fit for Marilyn Monroe.
woman for rose, jasmine seems fit for Marilyn Monroe.
Thus far I've focused on jasmines that were fairly lighthearted, but the flower is really more about full-throttle feminine allure, of which Number One is a prime example. It's unabashed enthusiasm for white florals: a golden-sweet haze of jasmine that segues into tuberose, orange blossom, and ylang ylang via a grapey effervescence—a lush, heady blend that gives off an air of decadence. One does not turn to Number One for searing wit and austere grace, but a gorgeous blaze of perfume, cut by a deep, crisp grassiness and hints of soap. In most respects a conventionally pretty fragrance, with echoes of Fracas, but it does not run into the danger of smelling cheap and common, though perhaps too clean for my taste. I do enjoy the drydown, made supremely soft and elegant by iris and oakmoss. In spite of Patricia de Nicolaï's relations to the Guerlains, there's a clean, expansive New-World quality to Number One, I cannot help imagine an American Queen, a tipsy blonde flirting at a summer barbecue party, to the tune of sizzling burgers, Golden Retrievers barking, and children playing in the pool.
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